Hall School of Journalism hosts largest ever J-Day event

Area high school students take a turn in front of the TrojanVision cameras during 2018 J-Day.

Area high school students take a turn in front of the TrojanVision cameras during 2018 J-Day.

Nearly 600 high school students from around the state took part the Hall School of Journalism and Communication’s annual J-Day event on Thursday, Sept. 27.

Organizers say it was the largest turnout ever for the annual high school journalism event, which gives up-and-coming journalists a chance to learn from veteran professionals.

Each year, the department hosts…

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TROY student journalists win national, regional awards

TROY TrojanVision took home awards from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System during the 2018 conference.

TROY TrojanVision took home awards from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System during the 2018 conference.

Troy University’s student media brought home awards from three national and regional conferences for 2018.

TROY TrojanVision News won two national awards from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) for Best Television/Video Newscast and Best Television/Video Promotion and were finalists for three others.

This is the first year TrojanVision has competed in the IBS competition, according to…

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Award-winning reporter Pittman discusses truth in journalism

Tampa Bay Times reporter and TROY alumnus Craig Pittman addressed the M. Stanton Evans Symposium on Money, Politics and the Media on Monday, Feb. 19.

Tampa Bay Times reporter and TROY alumnus Craig Pittman addressed the M. Stanton Evans Symposium on Money, Politics and the Media on Monday, Feb. 19.

For a journalist, truth is the most important part of any story, no matter what effects it will have once released, according to Florida journalist Craig Pittman.

Pittman, an award-winning environmental reporter and columnist for the Tampa Bay Times as well as a book author, spoke Monday to students and faculty at Troy University’s M….

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Does free speech offend you? Speak out!

TROY journalism professor Steve Stewart says the best way to counter information or opinions you disagree with is to express your own point of view.

TROY journalism professor Steve Stewart says the best way to counter information or opinions you disagree with is to express your own point of view.

A nationwide furor over professional athletes’ protesting during the national anthem coincided with a couple of events on Troy University’s main campus: the library’s Banned Books Week and a futile effort by some individuals to suppress a story in the student newspaper by stealing papers.

President Donald Trump ignited the anthem controversy during a political…

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